diff --git a/activeresource/test/abstract_unit.rb b/activeresource/test/abstract_unit.rb
index 1af535e811..fcb770d612 100644
--- a/activeresource/test/abstract_unit.rb
+++ b/activeresource/test/abstract_unit.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 require File.expand_path('../../../load_paths', __FILE__)
 
+lib = File.expand_path("#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../lib")
+$:.unshift(lib) unless $:.include?('lib') || $:.include?(lib)
+
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'test/unit'
 require 'active_resource'
 require 'active_support'
 require 'active_support/test_case'
 
-$:.unshift "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../test"
 require 'setter_trap'
 
 require 'logger'